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The Silent Partner (1978)
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达里尔·杜克 actor: 埃利奥特·古尔德 / 克里斯托弗·普卢默 …
other title: 伪善者 / 起尾注 …
A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash
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Trance (1982)
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艾克哈特·施密特 actor: Désirée Nosbusch / Bodo Steiger …
other title: 嗜血追星女 / Der Fan …
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.
Watched
Nov. 12, 2025
Quite an exploration of fandom and fanaticism; objectification - both of the body and of the heart - that kinda cuts both ways (and, in a sense, a third way, too); how unchecked obsession can really do a number on someone....notions still sadly quite relevant today.
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Mermaid Legend (1984)
人魚伝説 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.5 13 ratings
池田敏春 actor: 白都真理 / 清水健太郎 …
other title: 人鱼传说 / 人魚伝説 …
After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen responsible.
Watched
Nov. 9, 2025
A pretty good and dreamy revenge flick with a great leading lady doling out some solid kills - and many of them near the end! - avenging her husband's murder.
Also neat to see how abalone is harvested.
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The House of Lost Souls (1989)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Joseph Alan Johnson / Stefania Orsola Garello …
other title: Ghosthouse 3 - Haus der verlorenen Seelen / 失魂之屋 …
A handful of young geologists are unlucky enough to be forced to stay at a rundown hotel in the middle of nowhere. What they don't know is that the hotel has been abandoned for twenty years because the owner of the hotel had killed his family and all the guests two decades ago. Strange things begin to happen, and suddenly murders are committed...
Watched
Nov. 2, 2025
More like a *Hotel of Lost Souls*, really, but I won't hold it against them.
A cool concept and decent kills make this one a fun ride.
Some pretty good lines, too!
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The Sweet House of Horrors (1989)
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卢西奥·弗尔兹 actor: Jean-Christophe Brétignière / Cinzia Monreale …
other title: Das Haus des Bösen / 恐怖甜蜜家 …
A murdered couple return from the beyond to care for their two young children, as well as seek revenge against their killer, accept their children's step parents, and try to prevent their house from being sold.
Watched
Oct. 28, 2025
A poem:
The funniest *Fear Street* I ever did watch.
The goriest *Goosebumps* I ever did see.
The silliest of *Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark*.
Fulci's kids' movie left an impression on me.
(The movie's pretty much a rock solid 2.5, but I could be talked up to a 3 for funsies.)
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Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Non si sevizia un paperino
★ 7.2 9 ratings
卢西奥·弗尔兹 actor: 弗洛琳达·布尔康 / 芭芭拉·布薛特 …
other title: 别动酷刑 / Non si sevizia un paperino …
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Watched
Oct. 25, 2025
I kinda loved this movie! It has a little bit of everything one would hope to find from the genre and I was captivated right from the jump.
I'm grateful that my good friend Jesse gave me his Blu-Ray copy when he upgraded to the 4k release, but now I'm wondering if I should take the same step myself?
Man! Movies are great!
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The House of Witchcraft (1989)
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Umberto Lenzi actor: Andy J. Forest / Sonia Petrovna …
other title: Ghosthouse 4 - Haus der Hexen / 夢汙 …
A man discharged from the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown is taken to a remote Italian villa by his strangely-behaving wife. But he has strong premonitions that the house is possessed by some force of witchcraft, which he has been experiencing in his recurring nightmare.
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The House of Clocks (1989)
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卢西奥·弗尔兹 actor: Keith Van Hoven / 卡琳娜·赫夫 …
other title: 钟之屋 / La casa nel tempo …
A gang of ruthless thugs intent on robbery prey upon a seemingly harmless elderly couple, Vittorio and Sara. The simple plan turns into a terrifying nightmare, as Vittorio's antique clock collection mysteriously turns back time. Now the hunters become the hunted and the old couple becomes a vengeful, malevolent force.
Watched
Oct. 14, 2025
A fun romp with a neat premise and some good gore; incredible that this was a made-for-TV movie in Italy back in the day!
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Black Cat from the Grove (1968)
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★ 8.3 33 ratings
新藤兼人 actor: 中村吉右卫门 / 乙羽信子 …
other title: 黑猫 / 藪の中の黒猫 …
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
Watched
Sept. 30, 2025
What a beautifully tragic, haunting, thrilling and dreamy movie. Incredible imagery, framing, lighting... UGH! So good.
And shocked was I to tear up at such a tender scene in the middle of this revenge tale.
This was exactly what I was in the mood for and was an instant 5 from me when it ended.
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Stone (1974)
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Sandy Harbutt actor: Ken Shorter / Sandy Harbutt …
other title: 스톤의 추적 / マッドストーン …
After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
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Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
ヨコハマBJブルース
★ 6.8 8 ratings
工藤荣一 actor: Yūsaku Matsuda / Yuya Uchida …
other title: 요코하마 BJ 블루스 / ヨコハマBJブルース …
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.
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Blood Hook (1987)
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Jim Mallon actor: Mark Jacobs / Lisa Jane Todd …
other title: Blood Hook - Leichen an der Angel / Blood Hook : L'étang du cauchemar …
During a local fishing contest, people are being mysteriously dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. After a sufficient number of deaths, the killer is finally revealed.
Watched
July 21, 2025
Kind of a goofy premise with some loveable characters I enjoyed spending time with, but it could've been tightened up a bit.
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Nosferatu in Venice (1988)
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奥古斯托·卡米尼托 / 马里奥·卡亚诺 actor: 克劳斯·金斯基 / 克里斯托弗·普卢默 …
other title: 欲血威尼斯 / Nosferatu a Venezia …
Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.
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American Ninja (1985)
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Sam Firstenberg actor: Michael Dudikoff / 史蒂夫·詹姆斯 …
other title: 아메리칸 닌자 / American Fighter …
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
★ 7.0 154 ratings
史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格 actor: 理查德·德莱福斯 / 弗朗索瓦·特吕弗 …
other title: 미지와의 조우 / 未知との遭遇 …
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Watched
May 31, 2025
It's probably been about 15 or so years since I last watched this.
Some quality acting from everyone!
I forgot Bob Balaban is in this, looking weird with a beard.
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White Lightning (1973)
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约瑟夫·萨金特 actor: 伯特·雷诺兹 / 詹妮弗·比林斯利 …
other title: 白色闪电 / 白闪电 …
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Watched
April 29, 2025
Solid opening, good middle (if not a little leisurely paced) - Burt in a car chewing gum and snickering (a good thing) - and a fun ending make this a pleasing watch.
Also, very sweaty.
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Robin Redbreast (1970)
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James MacTaggart actor: Anna Cropper / 伯纳德·赫普顿 …
After the break-up of a long-term relationship, urban sophisticate Norah seeks refuge in a remote house in the country.
Watched
April 18, 2025
YES! To renovating and keeping the cottage in a remote village.
YES! To weird village folk sticking their noses in your business.
YES! To things going terribly awry.
YES! To all of this.
A pretty great one to go out on in the *All the Haunted Be Ours Vol. 1* box, but now I'm sad and lost. What now?
(*Vol. 2*, yes yes, but not soon enough!)
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